By the end of Wednesday’s practice at Wrigley Field, the Chicago media started to run out of questions for the Cubs, who have been poked, prodded, questioned and columnized for six months. Reporters worked their feature story angles, asking multiple players the same exact question, along with time-sensitive soundbites about where they were going to watch Wednesday’s wild card game.
And whom did the Cubs want to win at Citi Field, the New York Mets or San Francisco Giants?
“I think it would be nice to play the Mets,” Cubs shortstop Addison Russell said. “But you can’t go wrong with the Giants either.